Former Pakistan players tore into captain Babar Azam and other players for their poor performance in World Cup 2023.
Akhtar said that India don't need to be scared as they can beat England on fair pitches.
Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar and Australians Shaun Tait and Brett Lee are the only bowlers to have surpassed the 100 miles per hour (160.9 kph) mark.
Shoaib Akhtar had proposed a made-for-television three-match ODI series between India and Pakistan to raise funds for the fight against the pandemic in both the countries. Kapil slammed Akhtar's idea.
'Yes, there have not been any express fast bowlers that are coming from the MRF Pace Foundation that we used to have back in the years.' 'But that's not going to happen anymore. Now, in the next few years, you are gonna see a lot of really good fast bowlers coming out from the MRF Pace Foundation again.'
The late ICC chief Jagmohan Dalmiya supported PCB a lot in the Shoaib Akhtar bowling action case. He took a stand for PCB despite the ICC members insisting that Akhtar's bowling action was illegal.
Andrew Symonds, who was 46 and was a member of Australia's World Cup-winning teams in 2003 and 2007, died in a car accident in Queensland.
Akhtar has often advised Pakistan's management to take cue from Indian management.
'You can't control the emotions of the crowd and such incidents happened in the world of cricket.'
Pakistan batter Shoaib Malik on Sunday equalled India opener KL Rahul's record of fastest fifty in the ongoing T20 World Cup.
'Whether it's a duck, century, lifting the World Cup, he does not care.'
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has picked Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar as the toughest bowler he has faced in his illustrious international career.
Rohit's men start overwhelming favourites but Shaheen, rain pose threat
Indians will forever remember Akram as the scary phenomenon with the soft smile, the man who rattled through the Indian batting order, but was rarely as hated as Waqar or Shoaib Akhtar, observes Vaibhav Raghunandan.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Sunday said that former greats like Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram will be holding online sessions with current and emerging cricketers in Pakistan to help them remain focused in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown. These sessions have been arranged by the Pakistan national men's cricket team management in collaboration with the International Cricket Operations Department as they are looking at innovative ideas to ensure its elite players and future prospects remain connected with the game.
Will India extend their run to make it 8-0? Or will Pakistan be able to snap the streak?
Akhtar said he was livid when he came to know that Aamir and Asif had indulged in corruption during a Test against England.
'Pakistan was that one team against which I always loved hitting boundaries, especially against Shoaib Akhtar.'
Imran Nazir was more talented than Virender Sehwag but didn't have his brain and was also let down by the country's cricket administration. Shoaib Akhtar believes Pakistan, in general, did not take good care of the talent it had.
'It's important to identify the right kind of players who will take you forward in 4-5 years.'
Shoaib Akhtar said the ICC cannot implement the idea without the nod of world's richest cricket board, the BCCI.
Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh will be among a host of former stars in the India Maharaja team which will take part in the inaugural edition of the Legends League Cricket (LLC), starting on January 20 in Oman.
The legendary Sunil Gavaskar said it's possible that Lahore receives some snowfall but a bilateral series between India and Pakistan is unlikely to take place in the present circumstances. Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar had proposed a made-for-television three-match ODI series between India and Pakistan to raise funds for the fight against the pandemic in both the countries.
'As a fast bowler, you need to show your attitude, your guts, your talent and skill to bounce back once you are down after leaking too many runs.'
'...Again, just because he is not amongst the runs, there is this anxiety to play at every delivery because that is what batters feel, they have got to score.'
As Shoaib Akhtar gets ready to hang his boots, many memories of his best and worst days in the game come to mind. If you have any, share them!
Bumrah has mastered the art we Pakistanis used to have once: Akhtar
Pakistan's interim selection committee on Wednesday snubbed controversial speedster Shoaib Akhtar and recalled disgraced pacer Mohammad Asif to the preliminary 30-member squad for the ICC Champions Trophy, in South Africa later this year.
New Zealand last toured Pakistan in 2003 for a white-ball series and since then have avoided touring the country because of security reasons.
Akram's agent Arsalan Haider confirmed that the pair would commentate during the fourth ODI in Chennai at the MA Chidambaram Stadium and return to Pakistan on October 23, two days before the Mumbai match.
Shoaib Akhtar has requested Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar to hold the All-Stars Cricket event in Pakistan as well.
On the occasion of Sachin Tendulkar's 50th birthday Harbhajan Singh opens his 'memory bank' on his close friend of over 20 years.
Mashrafe Mortaza will replace Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar in Asia's squad for the Afro-Asia Cup.
The tennis ace will attend the India-Pakistan second ODI in Chandigarh on Thursday.
The Pakistan cricket board's disciplinary committee on Thursday imposed a 13-match ban and 3.4 million rupees ($56,000) fine on Shoaib for four misconduct charges, including hitting team mate Mohammad Asif with a bat before the Twenty20 World Cup.
"I hope that if we win the Test series Inshallah, then Shoaib Akhtar will definitely play a vital role with the ball," Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik said on Wednesday.
Reader Karen Osborn sent us pictures of Akhtar and Asif from South Africa.
Former spinner Saqlain Mushtaq was named interim head coach following the resignation of Misbah ul-Haq.
The Pakistan captain denied allegations that Shoaib Akhtar was avoiding being called again for his action
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